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August 4, 2022
In this photo provided by NASA, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. NASA's Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency's deep space exploration systems.
NASA Aims for Saturday Launch of New Moon Rocket
August 31, 2022
BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation (CSMCW) is now qualified for the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Patrol Aircraft – adding to the aircraft’s mission capability.
BAE Systems’ Workstation Qualified for P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
August 30, 2022
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Gerresheimer Invests Some $94M in U.S. Expansion
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The NASA moon rocket as stands on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the Moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Operations
FirstEnergy Agrees to $306M Refund to Ohio Customers
For having collected significantly excessive profits.
November 2, 2021
Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal J. Patel, center, accompanied by FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Hoffman, speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati, Thursday, July 22, 2021. Federal authorities say Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. would pay a $230 million penalty and fully cooperate as part of an agreement announced Thursday to settle federal charges against the company in a sweeping bribery scheme in Ohio.
Regulation
Agreement Shows Ohio Utility Paid Regulator for Future Help
FirstEnergy said it paid Sam Randazzo $22 million over the years.
August 3, 2021
The Appalachian region of Ohio has long suffered from vanishing manufacturing jobs.
Operations
S. Korean Firm Ditches Ohio Petrochem Project
The project is seen as a potential economic savior for an Appalachian region that has long struggled economically.
July 14, 2020
The site selection in Ohio (outlined in red).
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'Cracker' Plant Moves Forward
The companies would receive a 15-year property tax exemption for the plant.
March 26, 2020
In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, narcotics detective Ben Hill, with the Barberton Police Department, shows two bags of medications that are are stored in their headquarters and slated for destruction in Barberton, Ohio. Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in the first federal trial over the nation's opioid epidemic.
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Opioid Industry Presses for Settlement
The talks involve the distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, as well as drug makers Johnson & Johnson and Teva.
October 17, 2019
In a Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Dave Yost speaks at the Ohio Republican Party event, in Columbus, Ohio. A federal appeals court has denied an effort by state attorneys general to stop a bellwether opioids trial involving two Ohio counties from getting underway later this month in Cleveland. The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 that Ohio didn’t object when lawsuits filed by Summit and Cuyahoga counties were initially included in what has become a sprawling case involving around 2,600 local governments and other entities. Yost argued in August against the certification of the local government lawsuits as multi-district litigation.
Operations
Court Denies Attempts to Stop Opioid Trial
The trial for Ohio's Summit and Cuyahoga counties is a closely watched bellwether that could lead to settlements of the suits.
October 10, 2019
This Jan. 11, 2018 file photo shows Judge Dan Polster in his office, in Cleveland. Attorneys representing eight drug distributors, pharmacies and retailers facing trial for their roles in the national opioid crisis are seeking to disqualify the federal judge overseeing their cases saying he’s shown clear bias in his efforts to obtain a multi-billion dollar global settlement. The motion was filed late Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, where Judge Dan Polster presides over most of the 2,000 lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments. Polster has not responded.
Regulation
Attorneys Seek to Disqualify Opioid Judge
They say he has shown bias in his effort to obtain a multibillion-dollar global settlement.
September 15, 2019
Opioid
Supply Chain
Opioid Shipments Ballooned as Crisis Grew
Companies distributed 8.4 billion hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to pharmacies in 2006, and 12.6 billion in 2012 - an increase of over 50 percent.
July 17, 2019
In this April 18, 2019 file photo a tanker truck passes a petrochemical plant being built on the banks of the Ohio River in Monaca, Pa., for the Royal Dutch Shell company. The plant, which is capable of producing 1.6 million tons of raw plastic annually, is expected to begin operations by 2021.
Operations
Ethane Revitalizes Appalachia?
A natural gas drilling byproduct could help a region still struggling from the loss of industrial and manufacturing jobs decades ago.
April 29, 2019
Chuck Rodriguez, a 19-year employee, protests outside the plant, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Lordstown, Ohio. General Motors' sprawling Lordstown assembly plant near Youngstown is ending production of the Chevrolet Cruze sedan, ending for now more than 50 years of auto manufacturing at the site.
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GM Assembly Plant Closing
There was a somber mood inside the plant, where more than 50 years of car manufacturing came to an end.
March 7, 2019
In this Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, cars move along an assembly line at the General Motors Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kan. Analysts say that with too many factories making slow-selling cars, General Motors can’t afford to keep them all operating without making some tough decisions.
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New Risks Lurk When Auto Plants Close
To deal with overcapacity, GM will either have to eat added costs, close one or more plants, or retool them.
July 27, 2018
Governor John Kasich addressed Sean Kim and Kongkrapan Intarajang, chief operating officer for upstream petrochemical business at PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited, at a news conference about the Belmont County project March 12, 2018.
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Korean Firm Joins OH Ethane Project
The proposed petrochemical plant has idled in the planning stages for years.
March 13, 2018
In this April 20, 2017 photo, a sign opposing a proposed pipeline sits in the front yard of a house in Green, Ohio. The town has hired a law firm to stop the pipeline from being built through the community.
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City to File Lawsuit to Stop Gas Pipeline
The city's mayor said that he will exhaust all options to stop Nexus Gas Transmission from burying 8 miles of pipeline in his middle-class community.
May 4, 2017
Testing in the Vehicle Dynamics Area at the Transportation Research Center.
Product Development
Auto Testing Facility Get $45 Million Grant
It is the country's biggest automotive testing facility.
January 27, 2017